Solid and pneumatic tired wheel



Nov. 1,'1932. w. F. ENNls 1,885,9@H

SOLID AND PNEUMATIC TIRED WHEEL Filed July e, 1931 2 sheerS-sheet 1 8 INVENTUM W.F'. Ennis.

ATTORNEY,

Nov., 1, 1932. w. F. ENNIS SOLID ANDPNEUMATIC TIRED WHEEL Filed July 6, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lNvsm-oai W F EMME Av1-GENE# Patented Nov. l, E32

WILLI FRANCIS ENNIS, O1? ZAI'EK, CAIRO, EGYPT SOLID AND PNEUMATIC TIRED WHEEL Application 1ed` July G, 1931, Serial No. 548,836, and in Great Britain July 30, 1930.

This invention relates to resiliently tired wheels for vehicles.

It is well known to construct pneumatlc tires of a relatively large 'cross section, and to attach the covers of such tiresk to the wheel rims by beadin or like formation located at or near the e ge of the tire cover, the rlm, in such cases, housing only the beaded portion, and leaving the rest of the tire protrud- 0 ing beyond the rim.

Such a method of construction, however, imposes a limit upon the cross sectional area of the tire that. may conveniently be employed, owing to the stresses that are prow duced in the walls of the tire.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide a very simple and improved method of construction whereby it is possible to obtain a maximum of cross sectional areajof tire or a tire of relatively great depth in proportion to its width within a given wheel circumference, thereby obtaining great resilience and shock-absorbing quality, and at the same time, to provide support to those portions of the tire wherein large stresses are produced.

llt will be understood that in carrying out` this invention, it is contemplated that a pneumatic tire of the iniated type will principally be employed, but that the invention is equally applicable to cushion tires, solid tires, or perforated solid tires.

Referring now to the several guresfof the accompanying drawings from which the features of the invention will be clear.

Fig."1 is a part sectional view showing a wheel constructed according to this invention and carrying a pneumatic tire;

Fig. 2 is apart sectional view of a modied form of the wheel shown in Figure 1, intended to be employed in cases where the diameter of the brake drum of the vehicle is large relative to the diameter of the concavity of the wheel, and also showing an alternative method of preventing relative movement between the cover and the plate. It will be understood that the dished parts ofthe plates ma be extended inwards towards the hub of the wheel, the maximum air space within the tube and tire being obtained when the diameter of the united surfaces is restricted to the absolute minimum required for the attachment of the wheel to the vehicle.

Fig. 3 shows a detail of a packing member employed in the construction shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a wheel constructed according to Fig. 1 but Without a tire attached and showing in dott/ed 'lines modifications shown in Fig. 2; p Y 60 Fig. 5 shows a part sectional view of a construction similar to Fig. 1`but with the wheel carrying a perforated solid tire;

Fig. 6 shows a mannerof interconnecting portions of an outer cover formed in Segments, whilst Figs. 7 and 8 are part sectional views showing'modiied forms of the wheel illustrated in the preceding drawings.

Referring now more particularly to Fig. 1, references 1 and 2 designate disc members or annular wall plates, which are attached to the wheel structure or framework. These plates are formed with dished flanges la and 2a which, when the plates are clamped to- 75 gether, form a channel or cavity housing the greater part of the inner tire. Supplementary Hanges 1b and 2b are formed about the peripheries of these flanged discs for the purpose of accommodating the beaded portion, and part of the sides or walls'of the outer cove A suitable packing 3 is interposed between the plane or abutting portions of the discs, and strengthening or distance plates 4 and 5 8 are located on the outer sides of the discs l` and 2, the composite Wheel being attached to a brake drum 6 or other suitable part of the vehicle by means of bolts 7 and nuts 8.y The numeral 9 represents one of the bolts whereby the discs l and 2 are clamped together independently of the bolts 7 attaching the wheel to the brake drum, the bolts 9 being provided with nuts 10 on the outer extremity, whilst the nuts 11 disposed within recesses in the packing 3 serve to clamp the disc l and distance piece 4 independently,so as to facilitate detaching of the disc 2k for the purpose of placing on, or removing, a tire. It will .100 be understood that bolts 9 may be inter'spacedl/ tion which is the dished flanges 1a.

between bolts 7 when it is desirable to increase the depth of the tire space between the wheel plates.

12 represents the inner tube, and 13 the outer tire cover having a tread portion 13a projecting beyond the periphery of the wheel plates. 12a, represents a protective strip of hard rubber or other suitable material interposed between the inner tube and the inner surface of the wheel plates to form a bed for the inner tube of such lateral dimension as to be capable of holding the inner tube when the outer plate is detached. In this case it is shown secured to the periphery of the packing 3. The cover is attached to the rim by means of bolts 14, hooked or otherwise connectedv to the foundation or reinforcement wires in the cover 13, for which purpose holes 17 are provided in the cover adjacent to the reinforcement wires.

These bolts pass through apertures in the wall plate, and nuts located upon the outer ends of the bolts, so as to bear against the outer face of the plate, draw the cover against the plate; seating surfaces 18 being preferably provided between the tire and the inner surfaceof the portions of the wheel plates forming the supplementary channels.

Flanged washers 16 may be conveniently employed to locate the bolts 14 within the apertures 15 and also to prevent the in ress of grit through these apertures. Ighese iianged washers 16 are shown in detail in Fig. 3 and are provided with bores 16a through which the bolts 14 pass, and flanges 1Gb adapted to bear against the sides of the apertures 15.

Fig. 2 shows a modified form of construclparticularly suitable when the diameter of t e concavity of the composite wheel is small relative to the diameter of the brake drum, so that in this construction would not, as in Fig. 1, protrude outside the periphery of the brake drum 6, but would tend to bear iush against its outer face. In this form of construction, therefore, the disc 1y is dished to a lesser eX- tent than the related disc 2, so that the plane or hub portions of the discs are not disposed centrally of the composite wheel as will be readily seen from Fig. 2. A distance piece in the form of a dished plate 19 is interposed between the disc 1 and the brake drum against which the iange of the disc seats.

It is understood that the dimension of th dished parts of one or both plates may varyl according to the condition of the parts of the vehicle to which the wheel is to be fitted, eX- further inwards in some cases towards the hub as to the position shown dotted in Fig. 2, in which case the bolts 9 may be interspaced between the bolts 7 as shown dotted in Fig. 3.

A further modification resides in forming the tire cover seating 18 in the form of a by Fi 5.7

groove by means of fillets 20 of suitable material as, for example, wood or bre, suitably attached to the rim as by screws, whilst in order to prevent circumferential creepage of the tire, the bolts 14 shown in Fig. 1 are replaced by studs or other protuberances 21,'

detachable or integral with the tire outer cover, disposed upon the sides of the cover and adapted to engage apertures 22 in the rim.

Fig. 5 shows an example of a tire employing a perforated solid inner tire which, in this case, is formed in two sections 23a and 23?).

With such tires lateral bolts may be employed to retain the tire in position, two suitable positions for such bolts being indicated by dotted lines.

It will be understood that the construction of the wheel should be such as to enable the tire to be readily detached therefrom, or inserted therein, and an alternative manner of eecting this is shown 1n Fig. 6, which shows a tire formed in circumferential sections dove-tailed together at 24, the strengthening wires being connected by means of strainers 25. The adoption of circumferential sections is also intended to avoid renewal of the entire tread cover in cases of partial rupture.

,A still further manner of facilitating attachment and removal of the tires is shown by Fig. 7 wherein the wheel is formed as shown in Fig. 1, with the exception that the disc member 26 in this case terminates at 27, and is completed by means of a detachable member 28, which may be attached to the disc 26, and the composite wheel, by means of bolts 29 (9 of Figs. 1 and 2) which carries two nuts 33 and 34, of which 33 serves to hold the composite wheel assembled independent of the member 28, which is secured by the nut l34.

This type of construction may be used in conjunction with spoked wheels, when the radial depth of tire is relatively slight, as shown in Fig. 8, wherein the combined dished plates and 31 are slotted into the periphery or the spokes S2 of the Wheel, and secured thereto and therein by means of bolts 29 and nuts 33 and 34, nut 33 serving to hold the dished plates secured to the spoked wheel while the detachable disc member 35 is detached for removing or replacing the tire.

In these latter forms of construction shown and 8, it is only necessary to remove t e nuts on the bolts 29 and remove the members 28 and 35 when it is desired to take olf or put on a tire.

It will be understood that the diameter of the wheel to the joints 27 and 36 of the discs may vary, but must never be more than the diameter of the inner edge of the tire cover, to permit of the tire cover passing over it.

In the construction shown in Fig. 8 means (not shown) are preferably provided to permit of removal of the plates 30 and 31 from raeaacr thespokes for repair purposes, such means may for example, comprise forming the spokes on two axial sections bolted together orforming the inwardly projecting portions of the plates only at the points which are housed by the spoke channels so that a relative lcircumferential movement of the rim and s okes enables the rim portions and 31 to e removed.'

What I claim is:

l. A. vehicle wheel adapted tocarry a resilient tire and a beaded edge cover comprising in combination with a wheel frame, a pair of disc plates flanged outwardly and then approximately parallel to the plane of the disc plates to form a relatively deep tire housing channel, the parallel sides of the said channel being bent intermediately between the periphery and the base of the channel to form annular open seatings for mounting the beaded edge of the4 cover so that the tread of the cover projects be ond the periphery of the channel with a lerge proportion of the tire located in the portion of the channel below the said seatings, the sides of the said channel above the said seatings serving to support the sides of the cover when assembled, packing between the body of said plates between the said channel, bolts a prising in combination passmg through holes in the said frame and disc plates and through recesses in the said packing, internal nuts to the said bolts disposed within the recesses in the vpacking to clamp one of said disc plates to the frame, and outer nuts to the said bolts clamp' second discv plate againstthe said p a ing so -that the said second disc plate can b e readily removed for the tire. n

2. A vehicle wheel adapted to carry a resilient tire and a beaded edge cover, com-"l with a wheel frame,

` a pair of discs flanged outwardl and then approximately parallel to the p ane of the discs to constitute the sides of a tire housing channel, one of Asaid discs then being bent intermediately betweenits periphery and the flange to form an annular open seating for one beaded edge of thecover sothat the tread of the cover projects beyond the said the the said discs to the frame and outer'nuts to the said bolts clamping the said disc member in rigid relation to said discs whilst per. mitting the said disc member to be readily detached.

3. A vehicle wheel adapted to carry a resilient tire and a beaded edge cover comprising in combination with pair of disc plates anged outwardly and then approximately parallel to the plane of of the disc plates .to form tire housing channel, the parallel sides of the said channel being bent intermediately between the periphery and the base of the channel'to form annular open seatings for mounting the beaded edge of the cover so that the tread of the cover projects be ond the periphery of the channel with a" arge pro ortion of the tire located in the portion of t e the channel, below the said seatings, the sides'o the said channel above the said seatings serving to support the sides of the cover when assembled, and means for removably securing the disc plates to the wheel frame, so that one disc plate can be easily removed for the purpose of mounting the tire, comprising bolts passing through holes inthe vdisc plates and the frame, internal nuts tosaid bolts clamping one disc plate to the frame and outer nuts to said bolts clamping the second disc plate to the lirst disc plate with the internal nuts between the said disc plates.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

WILLIAM ENN IS.

purpose of mount-p i periphery with a large proportion ofthe tire adapted to be h eld by the part of the said disc below the seating, the other disc being terminated Ibelow the said seating, a detachable disc member completing the said channel, said member being flanged to correspond with the terminated disc so as to present a smooth inner surface to the portion of the channel below the saidseating, and being further bent below its periphery to provide a complemental seating for the other beaded edge of the cover, bolts passing through holes in the frame and in the portions of the said discs andthe said disc member below the flanges, internal nuts to the bolts clamping` a wheel frame, a.

a relatively deep sur 

